Roland Adade, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy Accra, Ghana

A follow up is being made to determine the level of progress. The delegates found the seminars to be great. It exposed them to the workings of franchising. A lot of Ghanaian businesses that attended are still talking to the contacts they made at the show.

Nkandamana Kabangu, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

4 pending agreements.

Shen Yan, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy Beijing, China

1 signed agreement; 1 pending agreement. All in all, the event was very successful

Oksana Chukreyeva, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy Almaty, Kazakhstan

4 pending agreements

Sara Haroon, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy Karachi, Pakistan

1 agreement in process; 2 pending 1. Churches Chicken in the pre-qualification process of Venus Distributors, plan to enter Pakistani market under the name Texas Chicken 2. Tiffany Marbles in negotiation with Mr. Tahir Ahmed Khalifa of Shukrana Pvt. Ltd. 3. Carvel Ice Cream and Arizona Pizza under consideration by Mr. Baqar Raza, Hadi International along with a Rent a car company.

The International Franchise Expo and seminars provide a good platform to get educated about the concept of franchising. Coming back from the Expo I feel well equipped with information with regards to components of a franchising fee, how it is structured, factors to consider to qualify franchisors and franchisees, henceforth can impart it to the business community here more intelligently. All in all the Franchise Expo has proved to be a great experience and hope for increased participation of franchises in the future shows.

Shantanu Mitra, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy New Delhi, India

6 pending agreements. The show organizer provided excellent pre-show and at-site support to CS/India's delegation. However, the show was relatively smaller than expected and our delegation members were expecting more exhibitors, and in more sectors, at the event._

Finola Cunningham, Commercial Specialist
US Embassy Dublin, Ireland


I had over 40 very productive meetings with exhibitors at the show and I continue to liaise with 12 new clients. In addition, I have scheduled four Franchise Partner Search Services over the next 6 months so am pretty excited about that.

Source:International Franchise Expo